Hail to Galaxian... by Namco!

[level42]

Hmmm, this green colored T-molding looks closer than the US green Galaxian T-molding:




Galaxian US:


However, it's not flat and it's US sized where I am sure the Japanese is metric sized..

Does anybody have a scrap part of this dark green T-molding ?

[funkycochise]

truely a beautiful cab.
as you said, artworks are still bright and clear, love it.

nice to see such things in that state. 

[level42]

OK just read the EPROMS, nr. 1 I took from the motherboard (one on the far end from the edge connector).
This one failed to ID (strange) on http://romident.coinopflorida.com

The other one I took from the add-on board and this IDed as follows.

At least it looks like it's still close to Galaxian....

[Etienne MacGyver]

Its great !

I think with some TLC and tips from Robin, you can get the sig burn out very far (look at his vanguard cpo)

The instructions are at coinopart :



so it must be also on your harddrive  

anyway, i think i can vector this pretty fast.

i am more worried about the nice gradiënt in the CP done in (yes you can guess it) halftone  

but never the less, a great catch !

would it not be fantastic if Aart sets his new to achieve world record on a japanese galaxian   

[ataritoobin]

Congrats!     Great pickup! 



Yep, those were rope hooks to anchor games to the ground/wall should they be in an area of heavy vibration (boat, near train).

I would highly recommend against using Magic Erasers on that cabinet/coin door if possible, the materials are quite delicate.  Start with the softest/most diluted cleaning solution first.

I suspect if you remove that daughter board on the PCB, you'll find a large Namco logo in green.

I kind of suspect flat metric T-molding must be available in Japan, since Namco used it well into the 90s, if it isn't still used now.

Congrats again !

(BTW, I recreated that sticker for the coin door on my Pole Position project!  I can make one up for you.)

[Luigi]

Congrats André! Great piece of arcade history!

As for the square Player-buttons you know: Don't stop believing!

[level42]

Congrats André! Great piece of arcade history!

As for the square Player-buttons you know: Don't stop believing!

LOL Thanks my friend !

I just removed the hacked on board and regretfully there is no Namco logo on the main board......also it doesn't look like the AC to DC converting parts were ever installed on the board, which is pretty common for bootlegs......

It should look like this:



So, the conclusion is that probably the board failed at one point in time, they put in a bootleg board, made the adapter for it  and hacked in a switching PSU to power it....

Bit sad, I'd love to have an original Namco PCB in the place where it belongs 

[Belike]

Yessssss, great catch, and japanese cab in Europe..........unbelievable.
Namco Galaxian pcbs are not so rare, they pop up on jamma+ time to time for around 100 gbp and I also saw one for sale on ebay.de last year.
There was a Midway pcb in mine, bought a nice bulletproof one from Alpha a few years back.
I also have a t-molding from Bruno for this cab, will make some pics soon.
Can't wait for my kisses, you can also give one to Zita, but only one.

[level42]

I also have a t-molding from Bruno for this cab, will make some pics soon.

Can't wait !

Can't wait for my kisses, you can also give one to Zita, but only one.

Can't wait !




 

[level42]

I was thinking (and reading back) some things but....do we actually KNOW there is Galaxian @ Namco headquarters ? I seem to remember it was only a Puckman there.....anyone ?

[level42]

O wow, this is nicely done:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,40763.msg1083829.html#msg1083829

Not sure if I could do that though....

[Etienne MacGyver]

Sure you (we) can 

Are you having plans tomorow ?   

[level42]

Sure you (we) can 

Are you having plans tomorow ?   

Yes we do sorry....

No rush

[Alpha1]

Nice catch!

You'll find a Namco PCB, just hold out for a minty one.

Pretty sure this is the one I saw on Belgian eBay 10+ years ago!

[level42]

Must be

So what is the "cab count" on this one ? Any more in Japan known to exist ?

I just did some first cleaning. I used the trusty "magic erasers" and with great succes. No need to worry about the inks at all, there seems to be some kind of plastic like transparent cover over the artwork because (contrary to other games) I have seen absolutely NO paint colors on the magic erasers.

The dirty area is completely gone as I expected and overall the artwork is much fresher, there was a lot of brown dirt all over the sides:


Untitled by Level_42, on Flickr

(Sorry about the shadow....but I just wanted to show the lower part.)


I just shot some nice pictures in the evening sun, so the colors are a bit on the warm side....


Untitled by Level_42, on Flickr


Untitled by Level_42, on Flickr

Not yet completely done with the cleaning and sure enough this cab shows it's age, it has a fair amount of scratches and scuffs, but I love it